I have a unique name – people butcher it like it’s their job, it’s like they don’t even try to pronounce it correctly
ONE dietician has revealed how people butcher her moniker.
Her unique name never gets pronounced correctly, and others have stopped trying to get it right.
“People are butchering my name like it’s their job to say my name wrong,” she said in her recent video.
The Dominican woman is named Zariel (@loveyourchichos), but to others, it’s something completely different.
She admitted: “The most common one I get is ‘Zarell.’
“Like at that point did you even try to read the words?”
Not only will people pronounce her name incorrectly, they’ll spell it wrong too.
Zariel gets spelled as “Zarielle” and “Zuriel.”
Some individuals will neglect the “Za” and say “Ariel” even when she slowly sounds it out for them.
“People will do an ‘S’ instead of a ‘Z,’ which is really frustrating when other ‘Z’ names do it. Like you’re a ‘Z,’ I’m a ‘Z,'” Zariel said.
“My name is ‘Zariel,’ never ‘Zarell.’ And to my besties: ‘Zari.'”
Despite the constant mispronunciation, Zariel is proud of her Dominican name and wouldn’t want to have any other moniker.
Experienced viewers commented to let Zariel know they understand her frustration.
“Girl, listen, people don’t even try with my name,” TikTok user Nijya proclaimed.
One mom remarked: “My kid’s name is similar, and people always put the ‘s’ in front.”
“It pains me to share that my brother just gave up and now pronounces his own name wrong,” an honest sister wrote.
Zariel responded: “Oh no. I feel him. I accept the English version of my name and still have to correct it. It’s truly exhausting.”
One kind woman commented: “It’s like ‘Ariel’ but with a ‘Z’ in the front. What a beautiful name.”